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Cowboys and Outlaws. Cowboys and Outlaws is a documentary series on the History Channel that details key figures and events in the history of the American West in the latter half of the 19th century. It uses dramatic reenactments, historian interviews and forensic evidence to highlight famous figures such as Billy the Kid, Wyatt Earp and Tom Horn.
Sheriff of Ford County, Kansas, Marshal of Dodge City [In Dodge Peace Commission Photograph Bassett is seated in the front row at far left] Johnny Behan. 1845–1912. 1871–1882. Sheriff, Cochise County, Arizona Territory. Horace Bell. 1830–1918. Los Angeles Ranger. James W. Bell.
MPD Police Officer. Bass Reeves (July 1838 – January 12, 1910) was a runaway slave, gunfighter, farmer, scout, tracker, railroad agent and arguably thought of as the greatest deputy U.S. Marshal. He spoke and understood the languages of several Native American tribes including Cherokee, Choctaw, Chickasaw, Seminole and Creek.
Abilene, Kansas, US. Occupation (s) Boxer, railroad worker, lawman. Years active. 1865–1870. Thomas James Smith, also known as Tom " Bear River " Smith, (June 12, 1830 – November 2, 1870) was a lawman in the American Old West and briefly marshal of cattle town Abilene, Kansas. He was killed and nearly decapitated in the line of duty.
"Lawmen: Bass Reeves" will follow Reeves' journey from enslavement to law enforcement as one of the first Black U.S. Marshals west of the Mississippi River, according to the show's logline.
Tom Horn. Thomas Horn Jr., (November 21, 1860 – November 20, 1903) was an American scout, cowboy, soldier, range detective, and Pinkerton agent in the 19th-century and early 20th-century American Old West. Believed to have committed 17 killings as a hired gunman throughout the West, [2] Horn was convicted in 1902 of the murder of 14-year-old ...
Henry Newton Brown (1857 – April 30, 1884) was an American Old West gunman who played the roles of both lawman and outlaw during his life. Brown was raised in Cold Springs Township, in Phelps County, ten miles south of Rolla, Missouri. An orphan, he lived there with his uncle Jasper and aunt Aldamira Richardson until the age of seventeen ...
Years active. 1868 – 1884. Known for. Lawman and gunfighter of the old West. Ben Thompson (November 2, 1843 – March 11, 1884) was a gunman, gambler, and sometimes lawman of the Old West. He was a contemporary of "Buffalo" Bill Cody, Bat Masterson, John Wesley Hardin, and "Wild Bill" Hickok, some of whom considered him a friend, others an enemy.